This guide for teaching composition to grades 9 and 10 sets up a specific writing focus for each elective course period. The guide is divided into four units--the paragraph, description, narration, and exposition. Each unit contains a statement of the focus and lists of specific objectives, guidelines, suggested activities, and teacher resources. An appendix includes a bibliography of resource materials; a statement on the motivation of learning; statements about learning; a discussion of nine common faults in student themes and how to cope with them; suggestions for teachers of slow learners, the disadvantaged, and/or unmotivated students; a recommendation for the grouping of students in the classroom; and lists of words frequently misspelled and correction marks. (JM)